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she's probably too busy with baby smell to deal with us stinky old chicken people.

All I remember is him screaming "help me! HELP!" As he was sucked into the vortex.

absolutely, fighting for your mere survival is terrifying.

drowning is not painless. It's rather quick (unconscious within minutes) but drowning itself is very painful, hence the bodies reaction being rendered unconcious.

o e for hatching, the other for incubating! Since its easier to set it up and have everything the way you like it without worrying something may go wrong when you change settings.

of course you do! That's always recommended, if you have one, you should really have two!

Yay! Progress! on another note: That's exactly how I feel about the eggs that don't make it to the hatching process. There really isn't much that can be done, but for the ones that did make it to hatch, gotta take a lesson from nature to nurture...lol, momma Bee!

oh my gosh! Success, Bee! This...THIS is the successful result of this experiment! It's great to hear the ways of old "leave them alone, if they are strong enough, they'll make it on their own" idea is out the window! Even a broody hen helps, and as taking on their life in our hands, we have to...

I support Bee's decision not to continue. I believe her humanity won't allow her to continue this path. She lost two other clutches to errors, and now that she has this chick...she has an emotional connection with every last one of those chick's that didn't make it. I know things are done like...

I wonder if anyone has used CO2 levels at the beginning of the incubation period to try to thin the shells? I read an article on it on metzers. I really want to try, but I'm so afraid that I'll suffocate the little things before they even have a chance. Always so afraid to do anything! What if...

If you're opening up the nest anyway, I'd say you should candle. See what's going on? I'm a helper though, do you want to assist the hatch?

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And this is why just joined BYC. Everyone here appreciates a good pun!

I LOVE it! Go chickie, go!

Very exciting! I've been waiting for the RESULTS of this "experiment"

Cinnamon sprinkled on their path with deter them.

Someone posted this on another thread. After the first two tries and mishaps, I think this information is quite valuable to the ambitious experimenter. http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html

Most people stop turning on day 18 to give the chicks adequate Time to turn around and maneuver into position for hatching.

I would give them a few days before candling. Give them some stability before shining s bright light on them.

how old are they? I may have to experiment with some oven racks for my next batch of chicks...heating pads I got...heat lamps not so much